Card holder



June so, 1925. 1,544,035

. W. S. RENQZM CARD HOLDER Filed Dec. 6, 12321 INVENTOR.

WZZZz'czm 5; 18672072.

Patented June 30, 1925.

(UNITED STATES WILLIAM S. BENCH, OF DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

CARD HOLDER.

Application filed December 6, 1921. Serial No. 520,418.

To all whom zftmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. RENoH, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Diego; in the county of San Diego and 'State ofCalifornia, have invented a certain new and'useful Card Holder, of whichthe followingis aspecification.

My inventionrelates to price tag holders,

and moreparticularly to devices for holding pricetagsi to be attached toboxes or I crates containing fruit, vegetables and the like to bedisplayed for sale; and some-of the objects of my improvements are: Toprovide a price tag holder which shall hold the tag safely in anyposition without liability of its accidentally slipping or falling outof the holder, and to accomplish this without the use of clamps orspecial fastening means but by simply pushing the tag or card into theholder; facility of inserting the price tag; simplicity of constructionof the holder, it being formed of a single piece of sheet metal;facility of removing the price tag preparatory to inserting another;comparatively low cost of manufacture; light weight; neatness andattractiveness of appearance; and to provide a holder from which the tagmay be viewed at an angle.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter myinvention consists of the certain new and novel features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as willbe hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andtothe characters of reference thereon which form a part of thisapplication in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of my tag holder with the tag in position andshowing by dotted lines the position of the tag when partially removed;Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevational view of the holder, and Fig. 3 isan enlarged side elevational view thereof.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

My invention consists essentially of a rectangular plate 1 of sheetmetal formed with legs 2 and 3 at the back andits four edges 4:, 5, 6and 7 turned to form an internal peripheral groove or pocket 8.

The plate 1 is preferably formed of a single sheet of tin plate or othersheet metal which has considerable springiness. The

sheet from which the device is formed is substantially rectangular,having extensions at each side which form the turned edge-s f and 7 atthe ends of the'holder. The ends of the sheet form the legs 2 and 3.Tracing the sheet in Fig. 2 beginning with leg 2Vit is curved outward,folded to form turned edge 6, folded reverse to form pocket or groove 8,extends across at an-incline to thevhorizontal, forming the plate orface 1, turned to form pocket 8, then folded reverse to form edge 5 andfinally curved over and down wa-rdly to form the leg 3. The curves atthe holder may be grasped by leg 2, leg 3 placed against the support,such as the side or ends of a box, and by pulling at leg 2, the holdermay be easily slid onto the sup port.

The blank from which the holder is formed is punched out with lateralears which are turned to form the edges 4 and 7 and the pocket 8thereunder.

Thus a pocket is formed on all four sides of the'holder so that theprice tag or card 9 is securely held therein against spilling out whenthe holder is inverted or brushed in any way. width that it will slideeasily lengthwise between the walls of the longitudinal pocket and ofsuch length that when in contact at one end against the end wall ofpocket 8 the opposite end of the tag will just come short of the edge 7and will spring down against the flat bottom of face 1.

The manner of inserting the price tag 9 is shown in Fig. 3 and themanner of removing it in Fig. 1, where the point of a pen knife 10 orthe like is shown inserted under the corner of the tag to lift and startthe edge of the tag over the edge 7. of the holder.

Although I have shown and described a particular construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions I do not wish to belimited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement butdesire to include in the scope of my invention the construction,combination and ar The tag 9 is formed of such rovidin clam s or other secial fastenin b it! means but simply by pushing the tag into theholder; that the :price; tag is; easilyqinserted andieasily removed;that the Constrnction; is very simple, beingjformed from Ea single sheetand easily-stamped into-form;

and hence that it: may be manufactured at a low cost that it isof lightweight, neat and of l attractiveappearance and that the tag Awhendisplayed in my holder may be comfortably viewed at 2.11 angle relativeto the'su pport; Furthermore, ;it is obvious that th-is s'holde'r lnaybe' quickly and easily applied "to support; such as a shelf, box 4 orerate zand' the like. 7

HavIngthusdescrlbed my invention nwhat ll' cla'iln asm'eW and desire-t0seeureby Letters- Patent-is: I i

1. A 'prieetag 'holder,: c0nsisting of a 7 single blank plate -made of"springy sheet metal with 1 a pair of loop. flanges in spaced relationtransversely across said plate, said loops bent down so that;ith{eyareinspaced relation from the main body 'and'the extended] ends curvedinwardly and extendingbaekwardly -thefends of-the main body itnrnedhackwardly in the direction of said loop flanges forming flanges on theends,

one of said end flanges being considerably lower thanthe flange at theother end to permit the insertion of the ard price tag holder,consis'ting of a single: blank ,plate made of spi'i'n'gy sheet n 1etalbent inwardly at allffonr of its sides forming a turnedfiangesurrounding afrc:

tangular area, the i flanges o'n the] longer sides belng iorined ofloops and'the ends extend- ,ing backwardly folded against f'the {mainflange;portion,fithenbent inwardly and extending ,parallel with eahffolsller (at "their extended ends, the end. flanges l being single and7 one of them being eonside'ralfly lower than the-othertoperniitthejns'ert'ion of a,

my hand at San Diego; California thisf30th day. of November, 1921.

, WILLIAM STRENCH.

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